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  • Best Known for the Fanservice: The video for "Confessions Part II" is remembered for Usher slowly stripping, culminating in him delivering the Drama Bomb completely shirtless to a mirror.
  • Estrogen Brigade: Usher was named one of the biggest R&B sex symbols of the 90s and 2000s. Now that he's in his forties, sexiness is downplayed in further of being a Sharp-Dressed Man, though he did take off his top in the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show, showing that he's still looking good at 45.
  • Fandom Rivalry:
    • Usher's dancing prowess frequently gets fans of his in spats with fans of Michael Jackson over who's the better performer. Same with fans of Chris Brown.
    • After copyright forced content creator CaptainSparklez to take down "Revenge", his parody of "D.J. Got Us Fallin' in Love", fan interactions went from reasonable to hostile incredibly quickly, with some fans going as far as to blame Usher personally for the video's removal and subsequent alteration.
  • Narm: OMG's lyrics have a grown man saying "Gosh" and "Boobies".
  • Narm Charm: "I wanna make love in this club!" A rather silly mental image, but the idea of being so enamored with someone that you don't care who sees the two of you making love is oddly romantic.
  • Overshadowed by Controversy: Nowadays, "D.J. Got Us Fallin' in Love" is mostly remembered for the debacle regarding CaptainSparklez's parody, "Revenge", as detailed on Fandom Rivalry above.
  • Signature Song: "Yeah!", "D.J. Got Us Fallin' in Love", "OMG", "Confessions", "U Got It Bad", "You Make Me Wanna"… the list goes on.

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